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The Allegheny County Sanitary Authority faces a challenge as it works to implement a $2 billion plan to upgrade its system by 2036 — and it has nothing to do with sewage. Alcosan’s sprawling complex at its Woods Run treatment plant in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood is squeezed between the Ohio
Office of the Governor Tom Wolf A technician at the State Health Department laboratory in Exton, Pa. According to an analysis by Bloomberg, Pennsylvania has only distributed 365,525 COVID-19 vaccinations as of Mon., Dec. 28. That is 19.9% of the state’s current allocation, which is just above the total distribution average pace of the entire U.S. (19.3%). But both the Pennsylvania pace and the national pace of distributing the vaccine are far ...
They’re also working to make it easier for people to find the information they want, but it’s a collaborative process, said Heath Johnson, the department’s crime analysis coordinator. “Our hope is to have all of that stuff accessible to anyone who seeks it out,” Johnson said. The “Eight Can’t Wait” recommendations, which include bans on chokeholds and restrictions on use of force, have been or are in the process of being implemented in Pittsburgh, police officials said. Diversity is a dilemma The department is also working to be more diverse and reflect the racial makeup of th...
Screenshot via Zoom Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he is “profoundly disappointed” that funding for cities and states was left out of the $900 billion pandemic relief package Congress passed Monday night. TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto said he is “profoundly disappointed” that funding for cities and states was left out of the $900 billion pandemic relief package Congress passed Monday night. “With the exclusion of cities from this stimulus package, our first re...
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review TribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. A plan to build eight new affordable homes in Pittsburgh’s Polish Hill neighborhood received a $750,000 boost in a grant from a government-sponsored bank. The City of Bridges Community Land Trust was awarded the money from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s affordable housing program. Each federal home loan bank is required to have such a program. Like many other neighborhoods, Polish Hill is working to deal with gentrification ...